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Volant Charitable Trust Large Grants Programme
Created: 12/09/2024
News/Events Category: Funding and FinanceThe Volant Charitable Trust Small Grants Programme is prioritising the focus of its awards on charities and organisations that are particularly addressing poverty and deprivation, helping to support vulnerable groups who are most affected, with an emphasis on women, children and young people.
Project areas of interest, in order of priority, include:
1. Poverty and deprivation, with an emphasis on women, children and young people
This includes support for vulnerable families facing extreme poverty, food provision and promotion of healthy eating in areas of extreme deprivation, and mental health projects for vulnerable groups living in poverty.
2. Women
This includes support for isolated and lone mothers, community integration support for black and minority ethnic women and children and asylum seekers, support services for women prisoners and their families, support for victims of sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, and those working in the sex industry, provision of antenatal and postnatal care for young mothers or those affected by post-natal depression.
3. Children and young people
This includes counselling for vulnerable children, support services and outreach projects for those who are disadvantaged or deemed to be at-risk through neglect, emotion and physical abuse, alcohol or drug misuse.
Fund award sizes
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £45,000
Notes on award amounts: You can apply for up to £15,000 per year, for a maximum of three years (maximum total grant, therefore, is £45,000).
Who can apply
All applicants must fit Foundation Scotland's funding criteria and have an annual income of less than £1million.
Maximum annual income: £1,000,000
How to apply
Applications are made online via the Foundation Scotland website. This is a two stage process:
- Submit an enquiry form. You will find out in late October if your request has progressed to stage 2.
- Full application with decisions by early April 2025.
The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Tuesday 01 October 2024.
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